I’ve talked about repeatedly recently (as a result of I’m simply so enthusiastic about it) that I’m lastly beginning on the final inside room of our home (my studio), and when this room is finished, I’ll have formally completed all the inside rooms of our dwelling. And each time I point out that, I get numerous questions from individuals asking me what I’m going to do with my weblog after I’m completed with the studio. It appears as if numerous very long time readers are pondering that when the studio is completed, I’ll be closing down the weblog.
Properly, that gained’t occur. Let me guarantee you that whereas I’m nearly formally completed with the inside of our home, there’ll nonetheless be loads to do after that.
Let me provide you with a fast rundown of the place issues stand as of at present, and the place issues shall be heading.
The Studio and Studio Rest room
This room is a giant mission, and consists of not solely the principle room, but additionally the studio toilet. I would love to get this accomplished by mid-August of this 12 months (our 10-year anniversary of buying this home), however I’m not putting bets on me truly assembly that aim. That’s lower than 4 months away, and there’s a ton of labor to be accomplished in these rooms.
The Hallway Rest room
Simply because the within of the home shall be formally completed after I end the studio, that doesn’t imply that I gained’t return and make some modifications to some rooms. I not too long ago had an individual ask me in a remark, “Don’t you ever get bored with redoing initiatives that you just’ve already accomplished?” My response was, “Maybe you missed the title of my weblog.” 😀 No. I’ll by no means get bored with redoing, tweaking, attempting out completely different concepts.
So with that mentioned, I’ve beforehand talked about a number of modifications I need to make within the hallway toilet.
These embody (1) new counter tops, (2) new accent tile, (3) new sconces, (4) new bathe curtain, (5) new plumbing fixtures, and (6) new self-importance colour.
The Visitor Bed room
There are nonetheless a number of modifications I need to make to this bed room, most of which I’m fairly positive I’ve already talked about in earlier weblog posts.
The principle mission in right here would be the partitions. From that view above, I like how the room appears. However I don’t ever see the room simply from that view. I see the room from this view…
And after residing with the room as it’s for over two years, and really utilizing it as our momentary bed room, the partitions simply really feel unfinished to me. So I’m going to proceed the hand-drawn flower design round on the higher a part of the opposite two partitions, after which add white wainscoting to the underside of all three partitions.
Along with the partitions, I additionally have to construct a body for the mattress. The unique fairly wooden body that I exploit in right here ended up not understanding once we switched our common mattress for an adjustable mattress on the suggestion of Matt’s bodily therapist. So for 2 years now, the mattress has additionally regarded unfinished, and just about appears prefer it’s floating. You possibly can form of see what I imply within the image under…
And at last, I’m simply unsure if I’m a yellow individual. I attempted it out in right here as a result of I simply occurred to have the yellow velvet available and determined to make use of that for the home windows. And whereas I believe the yellow appears good with the blue, I’m simply a lot extra of a pink/coral individual. In order that may be getting a change, however I haven’t determined for positive but.
The Kitchen
The kitchen was the primary room that I reworked after we purchased the home, so it’s been some time!
That doesn’t imply that I’m able to fully transform it once more. However I’ve some issues I need to do in right here. For instance, how lengthy now have I mentioned I need to do away with the dishwasher? A very long time! I nonetheless plan to do this, however that mission has but to maneuver as much as the highest of the precedence record. It’s going to ultimately, although.
I additionally need to do away with the concrete counter tops and exchange these with quartz. I don’t know when that may occur, however I’m so accomplished with concrete counter tops. They served their objective once we couldn’t afford a better high quality strong floor counter tops, however after nearly ten years of coping with stains on concrete, I’m accomplished. I lengthy for the day that I can do away with them.
The Addition
I do know we’ve talked about this for therefore lengthy now that it looks like it can by no means occur, however it can. Each time Matt and I begin to assume it’s time, one thing occurs (just like the financial system crumbling, or banks collapsing) that makes us very not sure about doing one thing so large proper now. Nevertheless it will occur. And as soon as it does occur, I’ll have a household room, bed room, and laundry room to complete.
The Home Exterior
I’ve centered fairly a bit recently on our entrance porch, and there are nonetheless initiatives to be accomplished to complete that up. I would like to complete up the portray, reinstall the tape lights, and end the stone skirting.
However there are such a lot of extra exterior initiatives to be accomplished! After I was cleansing out the sunroom a couple of months in the past, I got here throughout some corbels that I purchased years in the past to make window flower packing containers for the home windows on the entrance of our home. That also must be accomplished!
I additionally nonetheless plan to construct a pergola above the breakfast room home windows (that are nearly fully obscured by this plant that retains rising again).
After which I nonetheless have to construct steps and end up this space by the aspect studio door. That is an previous image, taken means again once we had that concrete pad poured, however that’s nonetheless all that’s there. There are nonetheless stacked cider blocks serving as steps to this door, and I have to construct steps to match the type of the entrance steps.
After which there’s the carport. This factor remains to be not completed. It’s helpful simply as it’s, but it surely must be completed. That is an previous image, so fortunately, the shutters are not there. 😀 They have been put in on the home way back. However the remaining nonetheless appears just about the identical. It must be painted, and it nonetheless wants a completed ceiling and lighting.
The Yard Initiatives & Landscaping
Even as soon as all of that’s accomplished, I nonetheless have an acre of land that wants landscaping!! Don’t neglect this stunning landscaping plan that Matt purchased me for my birthday final 12 months.
I actually really feel like I might work on that for the remainder of my life and by no means get it completed, and by no means run out of issues to do. There’s no means I might get tired of that landscaping aim.
Then There’s The Small Initiatives
As if all of these issues weren’t sufficient, I’ve been saving concepts for art work and small initiatives that I need to do and share and educate individuals the right way to make for actually years. Whereas I misplaced a complete lot of them when my exterior laborious drive broke, I nonetheless have so many concepts saved elsewhere (Pinterest, Instagram, my laptop computer) that I’ve been amassing for years and simply ready for a time after I can spend extra time on these small, enjoyable initiatives. I might in all probability spend a whole decade or two simply doing small enjoyable constructing initiatives, artwork initiatives, stitching initiatives, and so on., and nonetheless not get to the top of my artistic concepts.
All of that to say that even when the inside of our home (because it stands at present) is formally completed, and the studio is finished, there isn’t any scarcity of artistic concepts that I’ve, and issues that I need to do, construct, and create, that I can share with you. However sure, as soon as I’ve accomplished all of that, then it’ll be time to close down the weblog. 😉
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and adorn the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
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